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Dexter Strong organized a candlelight vigil for Renee Good this Friday on Main St. A local organization dedicated to raising awareness of their concerns with policies enacted under the current federal administration Dexter Strong usually holds peaceful protests on Friday afternoons in Monument Park. “We wanted to make a point. We wanted to share with ...
After interviewing three candidates for the position, Chelsea City Council voted to offer the role of City Manager to Elle Cole. This decision follows the departure of previous city manager Marty Colburn, who was placed on “administrative leave, not expected to return” on June 24, 2025, according to a statement released by council last year. ...
Saline City Council approved a recommendation to extend its contract with AXON, a company that supplies body and vehicle cameras for the Saline Police Department, at its Jan. 5 meeting. Originally approved in 2022, the partnership will now extend through 2036. The contract extension will charge a total of $710,000 for equipment and maintenance, spread ...
The city of Chelsea hired its first municipal social worker in October, 2025 in a 2-year pilot program meant to offer support for residents’ needs. In a little over a year, social worker Emilee Fetters has established office hours at the Chelsea’s library and senior center, as well as working with over 170 members of ...
Since a series of repairs were required beginning in the fall of 2023 to keep the aquatic section of the Saline Recreation Center running, the funding required for the building and its programs have become a frequent topic of discussion at Council meetings. Saline Council passed recommendations for moving forward with the center at their ...
Saline City Council voted to approve special land usage for Building D at 1271 Industrial Dr., previously an office space and warehousing annex for Bank Supplies, at the Dec. 15 meeting. The building will now be used as an indoor training facility for the Saline Area Soccer Association. “It’s not going to be open to ...
Saline’s juried, nationally ranked spring craft show will now to be open to youth participants, who may enter submissions from now through Jan. 16 to be a part of the March 7, 2026 show. “We’ve had youth inquire in the past about participating in the show, but we were hesitant because we are a juried ...
Chelsea City Council unanimously approved a contract with MDOT for work on Freer Rd., scheduled to take place during the 2026 summer. The road was submitted for federal funding in 2021. “Originally we planned to try to do from Dexter-Chelsea all the way to Trinkley,” Public Works Superintendent Derik Bollinger said. “Due to the cost ...
Dexter City Council approved an amendment to the Dexter Area Fire Department’s (DAFD) service agreement at the Dec. 8 meeting. The agreement partners the city of Dexter, Dexter Township and Webster Township under one contract, and the amendment was recommended by the DAFD Fire Board in November. “Each municipality maintains a station staffed with two ...
Saline’s public transportation system, People’s Express, presented rider usage data to city council at the Dec. 1 meeting so the council could decide whether or not to renew the city’s contract with the organization. People’s Express has offered public transportation in Washtenaw County since the 1990s, and in 2007 became a non-profit. “Today, we have ...
Saline City Council voted to raise sewer and water rates within the city limits beginning Jan. 1, 2025, in accordance with recommendations from City Treasurer Sarah Finch. Water rates will increase by 6.5% ($0.36) and wastewater rates will increase by 7.5% ($1.12). “When you really get down to it, our cost of water, yes, it ...
Mill Park was approved for a $400,000 grant from the Michigan Department of National Resources (MDNR), matched with an additional $200,000 from the city’s general fund, at Dexter City Council’s Nov. 24 meeting. The grant was allocated to the city in October and will be used to update the currently existing playground. “The City of ...
Dexter City Council discussed the possibility of making the land at Monument Park into designated park lands at the Nov. 24 meeting. According to the meeting’s packet, dedicating Monument Park has been a topic of debate for the city since 1991 and was last seriously considered in 2009, when then-Assistant Village Manager Courtney Nicholls researched ...
Chelsea City Council voted at the Nov. 17 meeting to elect Jacqueline Bullerman to fill the vacancy left by former council member Beth Morris’s resignation. Bullerman will finish the remainder of Morris’s original term, which was set to end in November of 2027. Both Bullerman and additional candidate Michael Happy had the chance to speak ...
After moving to Lima Twp in the late 2010s, David Lent developed concerns regarding Seitz Drive, one of the primary roads he and other residents in the area take to go to downtown Chelsea. The road, which has received patches over the years as a temporary solution, no longer has lane lines remaining in some ...
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